Well, this isn't exactly talking myself to sleep—I'm out walking a dog that looks like a cross between a dingo and a rat, the sun is shining, and I just came off a weekend where I learned to shear alpacas, built a massive AI-powered second brain, and had a weirdly significant milestone: I told my mom I didn't want to go to church.

I know that sounds ridiculous—I'm almost 35 and it shouldn't be a big deal—but sometimes you've got to acknowledge your wins where you find them, right? This episode is about holding your own space when you're back in family territory, the surprising complexity of alpaca behavior (they vomit green gunk when they're upset, by the way), and why I've been heads-down building this AI system that's consuming all my audio recordings, journals, and creating what I'm calling my "pièce de résistance" of AI projects.

There's also a conversation about getting voluntold for Saint Colin's alpaca shearing day, the state of the sheep industry in Australia, why my brother's Mercedes Sprinter is better than my van (but I'm not bitter), and what it means to have a software project that's been living in your head for years suddenly click into existence over four intense days. Plus: mom's spectacular inability to press record on her phone at the right moment, naked sheep running around the property, and why I haven't been posting as much on social media.

Recorded: November 9, 2025